The Northside Music Festival, presented
by Cincinnati design/branding/promotional company We Have Become
Vikings, returns this week for its seventh annual event. For the first
time, the fest will extend to two days, offering free, (mostly) local
music on three stages at the Northside Tavern (northside-tavern.com)
Friday and Saturday nights.

Plus, Pharrell apologizes for headgear and Neil Young gets hacked

The Beastie Boys score another victory against a company that thought they could use their music in an advertisement. Plus, Pharrell apologizes for sporting Native American headgear on the cover of Elle UK magazine and Neil "Slut for the D" Young's Twitter account unleashes a barrage of porn and odd ramblings after allegedly being hacked.

All-star “Alumni Tour” hits Evanston to commemorate the recording of one of the most sampled beats in Hip Hop history

Cincinnati’s King Records and its various subsidiary labels have been widely celebrated for its vital contribution to the development of popular music in the 20th Century. The legendary label’s groundbreaking, integrated roster of Roots, Bluegrass, R&B and Funk artists gave the world ...

Since being released nationally in early May, Cincinnati rockers Wussy’s amazing latest album Attica! has been scoring an insane amount of neon-glowing reviews from many high profile outlets. Pitchfork, Pop Matters and ...

Cincinnati Hip Hop artist drops compelling new track, video

Local MC Puck has unleashed a great new track, “Weekend Warrior,” along with a solid accompanying music video (which includes a guest appearance from Cincy Hip Hop duo Those Guys). The young Hip Hop artist shows the positive effect and influence of Kanye West’s recent experimental work ...

On June 1, area Blues
singer/pianist/multi-instrumentalist Jimmy D. Rogers won the Cincy Blues
Challenge competition for solo artists and duos after competing against
several other performers at downtown club/restaurant Arnold’s. This
Sunday, the Blues Challenge presents the band competition.

Plus, Jack White and Exene Cervenka apologize

The Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour is canceled at the last minute due to poor ticket sales, Jack White offers The Black Keys (and others) an apology and X's Exene Cervenka backs off of her "Santa Barbara mass murder was a hoax" comments

Greater Cincinnati is once again a hub for summer music fests

The festival scene has long been a fabric
of summer in Greater Cincinnati, with church and neighborhood festivals
going down every weekend across the region. But during the past decade,
almost as many music festivals have popped into the area as well.

Sunny Florida has somehow inspired the formation of a slew of top-name Death Metal bands over the past quarter century. The equally idyllic San Diego, Calif., has also produced its share of doom-and-gloom, heavy-as-hell rockers, including Death Metal champs Carnifex.